[Magnus] Tree in Newtown

Magnus regains consciousness and finds himself under the sky and over a carpet of bluish green grass. He fell unconscious naked but then he wokr up in clothes. Simple brown pants that looked like jeans and a white shirt. Around, he can see box like buildings made of bricks and wood. The highest is around three stories high. There's a fountain from a distance and people walking along paved paths. It is afternoon in what looks like a park in another world.

"Good afternoon Mr!" A young female woodkin approaches and asks.

He took it all in quickly, then turned to the woman before him. "You to be my guide or mentor in this place? What sorta tree are you. I figure I’m teak or ebony...you look like an oak? He chuckled at his own joke and looked to the girl expectantly...then zoned out as he accessed his character screen and pumped up stats and abilities.

The girl did not react to Magnus's joke. She didn't get it.

"People around town just says it would be better for a fellow woodkin to chat with the woodking found around Bezelbebe." She says.

"Where are you from? What are you here for?" The woodkin asks.

"I’m not from here, yesterday I was in the Hindu Kush...fighting a war. Today...well I’m pretty sure this is some sorta fever or narcotic induced dream." He paces about as he speaks, gesturing with his wooden limbs (hehe) and emphasizing bits as he speaks.
"I’m lost for sure. I just. Sorta woke up in the woods, then felt an urge to go and root those goblins out of the village. There were others there, where are the other? Also, a giant goblin snake thing. Why was that thing?" He stops and looks to the young woman. Realizing he’s been incredibly rude he stops.

"I’m Magnus. My apologies, I can get lost in details at times. What’s your name?

"That's alright Magnus. You can call me Golda." The girl smiles.

"The others were taken to the infirmary. You're not that wounded and it was better for woodkins to be under the sun than inside rooms anyway so you were taken here." She says.

"Yeah, the sun...good for the bark." he looked about again.

"So, where am I? What is this place? Who rescued me and my friends.?" He looked up to the sun as he spoke. Waiting to feel it’s reassuring touch.

"You're in Newtown." She shrugs as if saying you should've known that already.

"You got rescued by other adventurers. I heard the dark knight Victoria was part of the rescue team, she's an S-class adventurer." Golda says.

---

Information about the giant snake monster monster got 'uploaded' in your head. You learn that a race called serpent-kin can transform into snakes but not as big as what you've seen. You also learned that goblins do not possess such serpent morphing ability. There is no name for that creature that you've seen.

---

"What are your plans now, Mr. Magnus?" Golda asks.

"I guess I should thank this Victoria, and find out more about Newtown. What sorta stuff can one do here? What’s an adventure S class Mean? "

While he asked Gilda the few questions he accessed any info he could to figure out the answers. He was interested in shops. Guilds. And books.

"Victoria left after the rescue with her party. Class S adventurers like her have jobs everywhere even across countries. As for Newtown there's not much going on here. We're the protectors of Bezelbebe forest." Golda smiles as she tell you about establishments around town. The town has no libraries but there's a small book store in the market place and the town hall also has some books. The adventurer's guild is also located in the middle of the market place. Newtown's the smallest town to have an adventurer's guild. As for shops, the shops around the market place cater to the needs of new adventurers. Newtown's main livelihood is fishing having two harbors as it is in the land that connects the Bezelbebe peninsula to the main land.

"For helping out in the goblin extermination, the adventurers guild said I should give this to you." Golda gave Magnus a small pouch of coins.

"I have other errands to do, if you don't need anything else I must get going." Golda says.

"Thank you for your time.I appreciate that a friend was here when I awoke." He bowed slightly to Golda and waited for her to depart. Then he opened his sack and counted his coin. Regardless of the amount, he knew he needed a weapon, and maybe some armor to keep him from leaking sap all over in his next fight.

"I should look into the adventurers guild. Get a new quest..." The word hung heavy in the air. He shook his head, cleared his thoughts and stepped off into Newton. He had shops to hit and a guild to visit.

The guild and shops are on the same direction.

The place looks like a renaissance village during a cosplay convention, except the beast men and elves that are going on about with their lives are real. There are no cars but there are carts pulled by an ox like beast of burden with three eyes

What does Magnus want to do first?

Magnus takes it all in as he walks. Seems like his new normal is quite...strange. His first stop would be a weapon smith. He wanted a spear. He stood before the weapons shop. Getting himself ready to enter.

There are stalls and shops selling weapon but nothing beats buying from the source. You went to see Newtown's blacksmith, Elca's. Magnus was greeted by the kind lady dwarf who just finished making weapons in her workshop for the day. She offers you a selection of spears and free refreshments.

What do you want to buy?
Spear (Damage 3, piercing; Critical 19-20) Cost: 4 points
Lance (Damage 3, piercing; Critical 20; Reach 1) Cost: 4 points
Pilum (Damage 2, piercing; Critical 18-20) Cost: 4 points

He takes a cup of water and hefts each of them in turn. Twirling themabout and making short jabs. They all obviously have their merits, but the wicked point on the oil I’m draws his attention. It felt right, the heft was good. "Are these designed for throwing? Or just the jabbing?"

The lady dwarf explains that Pilums are mainly for throwing but they can be used for jabbing too. The dwarf also said that it is the preferred weapon of a group of 'lionkin' warriors in the southern continent.

"That is exactly what I need. You have been a joy to shop with. I will certainly recommend your shop to anyone interested in gear for slaying goblins and saving damsels!" Magnus started to ham this up a bit. He was a big shot adventurer after all. He would make his purchase and head towards the adventurers guild. Time to get a new job.

Magnus made his way to the Adventurer's guild..

He saw the three story tall building in the market area and the adventurers going in and out of the building. He can be certain it was what he was looking for since the sign, spelled in [COMMON], says it.

Magnus enters the building and found people from different races in the large hall.

On the left side, there's a bar manned by a burly tiger like bartender, a catkin. Groups of people gather around round tables, chatting about their quests, drinking, or are waiting for someone or something.

On the right side, are people looking at a board with different sizes of parchments on it. The top of the board says 'Quests'.

The front area has three counters. There's a person behind each counter: an elf lady, a man wearing glasses, and a dog like person.

Magnus moves to the bar. He figures Barkmen...yeah he was a Barkmen...had to have a favorite drink. He searched his mind as he neared the bar and turned on the charm...he hoped to speak with the Catkin there.

"WHats the new guy supposed to do around here to get some work and figure out proper procedures? He did his best to seem cool and someone you wanted to speak with. He hoped his body language conveyed the right message. He was glad he had pants.